Kingdom Hearts - Blades of Three Realms

[[XIII] Roxas]

Roxas, Xion, Phil, and Hercules were all in awe of Shiro's Reality Marble, but more-so the hundreds of weapons suspended in the air as Shiro and Gilgamesh sized each other up. Phil's jaw pretty much dropped to the ground while Hercules nearly tripped over his own two feet as he stared up and up at all the blades.

"Woah!" Roxas and Xion both flailed as Hercules stumbled. "Hey, would you mind trying not to drop us?!"

"Whoops, sorry about that," Hercules managed to regain his footing as he tried to calm his excitement. "But you've got to admit, this looks like it's going to be an amazing battle!"

"It looks to me like Shiro isn't holding anything back this time," Roxas nodded vaguely. It was the first time he was seeing how Shiro could actually wield so many weapons all at once.

"I don't think this Gilgamesh guy is holding anything back either though," noted Xion.

"These guys are in a whole different kind of league of their own," Phil most definitely had to agree just by feeling all that raw power permeating through the area.

Roxas and Xion would nod in agreement while Hercules was trying to contain how fired up seeing Shiro and Gilgamesh go at it was making him for the next tournament. Roxas was briefly distracted, however, when he thought he heard Crystal's voice somewhere nearby, but being as no one else seemed to notice and the fact that he was still obviously exhausted and probably more than a little delirious he thought maybe he might have imagined it.  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro would fling his hand out once more, firing the weapons just as Gilgamesh had done so in firing his gate's contents, the clanging and explosions of weapons hitting each other in shock-waves could be seen as Gilgamesh would be charging along the plains, Shiro following not too far behind as they begun clashing with sword strikes from their held weapons, not giving each other an inch as they continued clashing, it was clear that while Gilgamesh was without a doubt the King of Heroes, the Infinite Blade known as Shiro was keeping up the pressure as they fought, sword to sword, gate to Reality Marble "che... just because you can counter my gate doesn't mean you've won yet, Mongrel!" Shiro gave off a snort, and clashed two more times, passing by a nearby pedestal as he picked up the sword from it, just as Gilgamesh grabbed a sword from the gate, and both of them clashing now with Twin Swords in hand "the battle has only just begun, Gilgamesh!" he said, , disarming the King of heroes's weapons, who had sent them back to the gate to unleash a new volley of contents to kick up an explosion, of course, when the smoke cleared, Shiro was not there, in fact, he had snuck around behind Gil, and picked up a certain red spear as he took it's familiar stance, letting himself immerse into the vision of the spirit, his hair turning a dark blue and gaining a small rat-tail, as well as his eyes switching from prismatic to a blood red much like gilgamesh's own red eyes, the spear giving off an ominous aura "The Barbed Spear that pierces with Death..." of course, Shiro's voice even matched the spirit within the lance, so much as gil snapped around, wide-eyed "what the... Lancer!?!" Shiro gave off an almost feral grin before charging forward "GAE BOLG!" he shouted, unleashing the spear's true power, it scared the King of Heroes only slightly but due to his high ranking in luck, he actually managed to only get his shoulder pierced by some quick dodging and a clear backing up King of Heroes staring a bit pale at that "you... you can call on the essence of the weapons history.. their spirit can't you!" Shiro of course, looking like Lancer still, just spun the spear around and flicked it onto his shoulders, casually shrugging "let's just say... i can harmonize with spirits a lot more than i used to... not only that, i know each and every weapon's capabilities within my marble. so why -wouldn't- i be able to use the Noble Phantasms?" he then smirked, and set the spear back on the pedestal and his features returning to normal, while calling back the two blades he had beforehand, settling into a dual wielding stance, before Gilgamesh quickly got back up, narrowing his eyes calculatingly "... you might make this more entertaining than your foolish mentor, Mongrel... but don't think just because you have first blood that you'll win!" with that, Gilgamesh picked Merodach up himself, as well as the other weapon he had, and the clashes resumed from there, though with Gilgamesh entering a more furious pace of clashing, and even landing some decent damage on his ranger uniform and a couple of cuts on Shiro's cheek when he got too close, but Shiro repaid him in kind with cuts on his face as well as another few gashes on that armor of his.

Axel of course winced when he heard the explosions and shock-waves "yup, this is definitely one of the few times Shiro's ever gotten this serious on an opponent from what i've seen at least, i mean.. i heard stories from my assassin nobodies at times about the man who was a living armory literally tearing apart armies of heartless and taking on the Heartless Generals.. but seeing him this serious... yeah, don't think i could ever take him on. got it memorized?" he said, glancing to Roxas and Xion while at least staying back behind Herc since he probably had a better notion in his head to not get inbetween the two. Auron and Hades meanwhile were watching from their own vantage points away from the battle, though Hades was -still- tied up by enkidu. Auron of course had at least heard shiro explaining about the soul part, and looked up to the sky, as if thinking on something ~he seems to be the one Spira needs...~ he thought, frowning a bit lightly.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

"Believe me Axel, I've been thinking the exact same thing since Shiro interrogated me about Crystal," Roxas responded with a slight shudder from recalling the one time Shiro's ice cold killer presence was actually directed at him. "He's intense even when he's holding back, but this is totally beyond me."

"I wouldn't want to have to fight against his opponent either," noted Xion. "He might have gotten a little surprised when Shiro got the jump on him with some of his new abilities, but this Gilgamesh guy seems like he's actually enjoying this."

"My guess would be that he hasn't gotten too many opportunities to really to go all out," Hercules pointed out. "Being the King of Heroes, it must be a really challenge to find himself a worthy opponent."

"Maybe I should see about getting him to fight an exhibition round in the Games," Phil was clearly seeing this as a lucrative promotional opportunity for the upcoming tournament.

Roxas raised an eyebrow. He thought Phil didn't want the Coliseum getting demolished again and had seen enough so far to suggest that the Coliseum wouldn't be standing for long if Gilgamesh went all out without the protection of Shiro's Reality Marble.

"This is crazy," he muttered to himself.

"At least Shiro is taking this seriously and holding his own," Xion spoke up again. "I wonder if Crystal would be worried if she saw this."

"You know, I'm really not sure," Roxas admitted. "It seems like Shiro knows this guy and he didn't react the way that he usually does to bad guys like Sephiroth or Kefka so maybe this is actually normal for them."  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Axel would hum a bit as he moved to sit himself on the hill of blades, it seemed that Shiro had been guiding Gilgamesh away from others so as to not get them caught up in their fight, of course, he'd almost lean back against the massive hammer when it suddenly disappeared from it's hanging spot on a pedestal, and yeeped, falling over, just as a large golden shine began showing in the distance "looks like shiro's found it a good enough distance for them to use their stronger attacks.." he said, looking at the pedestal with a sweatdrop, but he shrugged, and continued to watch with rapt attention.

of course, to Shiro and Gilgamesh, these sword strikes really were nothing more than a test, more a Test for shiro to see if he can keep up with the King of Heroes, who had actually sat down and started learning to be a warrior now, and Gilgamesh, to see how far he had come from being just a king showing his gate's contents against a worthy opponent, much like Herc had mentioned, even when he was pretty much just firing weapons from his Gate, it wasn't a challenge, only the Faker, and now this.. this interesting man in front of him.. as he's no longer the Faker's Faker in his mind, but he'll still call him that if he's annoyed "Tch... to think that the likes of you, a Faker's Faker, has managed to make me go all out like this... be glad for this, Mongrel!" Shiro of course backed up just as Merodach nearly took his head off that time, and raised an eyebrow, before flinging his swords to the side, seeing something coming out of the gate, what was coming out was a large mace-like hammer, Vajra in fact, ready and primed for an attack in Gilgamesh's hands, while Shiro himself had called forth the golden Hammer from the hill of blades, clenching its handle tightly as his body started to shine bright golden "then it seems if you're turning it up a notch.. so will i! GOLDION.... HAAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEERRRRRR!" he shouted out, the hammer starting to unleash raw power as he brought it around, quickly smashing it mace to Hammer, lightning arcing off from each explosive hit, though the lightning would be harmless as just as it appeared, it would turn into harmless motes of light energy as the shots grew more and more intense with the vibrating handles of both weapons shaking the arms with each strike, though it is nothing for Gilgamesh, being a Servant in a way, and Shiro, using his Black Blood Strength enhancements also kept the arms from being shook so much the muscles wouldn't be able to hold the weapons, of course, it was about the 10th clash that something finally gave, Vajra broke in a massive explosion of lightning, causing Shiro to de-activate the hammer's abilities and let go of it as it faded back to its spot in the marble with narrowed eyes, sure enough, once the smoke cleared, Gilgamesh could be seen bleeding slightly over one eye, his left arm disabled fully now from the extended use of it while the shoulder was injured from Gae Bolg, and Gilgamesh, of course, was smirking, as Shiro panted lightly, using the Goldion Hammer always took a chunk of Prana to do, of course, when the gate opened once more to fire a dome-like volley around Shiro, he cursed, and proceeded to bring his hand up into the air "Rho Aias!" he called out, forming the seven violet petal barrier, arcing it to encapsulate him and protect him like a dome as the weapons fired off and started slamming into the barrier with explosions of dust kicking up, of course, all this was a diversion for Gilgamesh to pull out of the gate.. an odd looking short sword which looked more like a key. and no, it was no key-blade, as when he raised it in the air and gripped it, gears and tumblers in the handle began churning out, something Shiro heard all too well amidst the clangs of weapons hitting the barrier, finally breaking through the first Petal and causing him to move to one leg at the moment, while he mentally summoned Pixie to heal it, as he focused, what weapon... of course, he snapped his eyes open, and proceeded to reach out with his other arm, sure enough, flying through and passing through the barrier, was something Gilgamesh had given him as the gate stopped pummeling him, just as he whirled around on his barely healed leg from the snapped bone, he would at least give off a grunt of pain, and let Pixie continue, glaring at Gilgamesh as he saw the orb of light from the disappearing key, and the appearance of the similar weapon he now himself held, the black and red veined drill-like blade that did not remotely look like a sword, and as soon as Shiro saw it, he winced, his eyes starting to bleed as he stared hard at the blade "the Genesis Star that sunders Heaven and Earth..." Shiro whispered, but faintly echoing across the battlefield as Gilgamesh smirked "yes... the very blade that is the original compared to the one in your hand that i gave you at a whim. have you ever used it?" shiro shook his head, letting his eyes soften a bit from their hard stance "No... i have not, it is not a weapon that should be wielded lightly, granted, it would've made many of my fights so much easier to do so.. i have not, because if i had touched this blade before i inevitably ran into you again.. you'd feel disappointed that i'd use it." Gilgamesh tutted thoughtfully, and tilted his head "i will give you credit for your Tenacity, Faker's Faker.. but if there were fights that were beyond even your marble's capabilities, you should've used it. but, i am impressed that you managed to fight, live, and win without relying on it. now come! let us show these lesser beings the might of which even the gods tremble in fear of our very presence!" Shiro of course rolled his eyes, he'd of course tap his foot a few times to check for the broken bone or shredded tendons, and nodded to pixie, who sighed and vanished before shiro took up stance once more, swinging the arm back as the drill like sword began spinning, unleashing a humongous amount of energy from it, even triple moreso than what the Triple Bahamut Trio unleashed against Vanitas that one time, Gilgamesh raising his own blade into the air "now..... King of Swords.. the Infinite Blade... let your eternal world of dreams fade into that of harsh reality, i acknowledge you here and now, as strong... now AWAKEN, EA! this grandest of stages has been set just for you!" of course, with the winds and energies coming off of both activating noble Phantasms, it was easy to see why Shiro rarely if -EVER- pulled this particular one out of Unlimited Blade Works.... seeing its raw unbridled power just screaming at the tips... it was definitely worthy of the name... Anti-World Noble Phantasm. "Gaze up and behold!" "Raze our enemies and this world asunder!" Shiro cried out at the same time, before they both shouted "ENUMA.... ELISH!!!!" and pretty much, hell was unleashed in two massive triple helix spiral blasts, proceeding to clash with each other with huge fervor, each one pushing as hard as they can with the power they can release from their owners to out-power their counterpart, in fact, the struggle would go on for quite a few seconds before inch by inch, Gilgamesh's blast overpowered Shiro's, and eventually the latter would be blown apart, and the former's would push on unimpeded by the now broken Enuma Elish, to plow right into Shiro, drilling him straight across the lands, the blast of energy ripping through the uniform like paper and it took everything he had, both Black Blood defense and switching to max level Reinforcement by instinct, to not perish immediately by the blast, but at the same time, Shiro was still standing, with a massive burnt hole in the suit he wore, forcing him to power down and return to his normal clothes he was wearing prior to the fight, but he did slowly look up, as he dropped the steaming rotating blade of Ea, which was currently needing time to rest after that "heh... heheh... hehehehehehehahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shiro just started laughing, clearly not out of his mind, but Gilgamesh had also been grinning all the same, before raising an eyebrow as Shiro stood up straight, despite his body being in so much pain "ugh... that felt good, to get that out of my system... it's been a good fight so far.. but now i think it's going to be over." Gilgamesh lowered Ea, raising an eyebrow "oh...? do you concede Defeat, King of Swords?" shiro just smiled, and lightly raised up one hand, calling forth one last weapon from the hill of blades, gripping it in that one hand, before bringing it down to grip it both handed, the blade starting to glow as light motes began rising "one more time, King of Heroes... this time.. let me show you something -real- special about this blade.. the blade of the woman you wanted as a bride..." he said, closing his eyes as he focused, his hair starting to turn blonde this time. "Seal Thirteen! Decision Start!" he called out, his voice slowly overlapping with a lighter male timbre of voice, as the blade started shining, and light swirling around it as it begun to change , a clear female voice would begin to ring out, actualizing the recognition of Shiro's command "Approval: Bevidere, Palamedes, Lancelot, Galahad, Gaheris, Kay, Gawain." with that, the blade continued to change, turning into a color and shape much like Avalon, the sheathe of this very blade, and growing much in power as Gilgamesh went wide-eyed "the Knights... i see.... then bring it on, KING OF SWORDS!!!!" he yelled out, before swinging his arm back ,Ea working furiously into a spin once more to unleash power as Shiro raised the blade into the air, gathering the light motes into it at an accelerating rate now that the power was unleashing at its fullest "EEEEEEEEX...... Enuma... ELISH!CALIBUR!!!!!!" they both cried out, before Shiro swung the blade down as if swinging a hammer of god, sending the much larger blast of light right for Gilgamesh, upon hitting Ea however, it completely swallowed and overwhelmed it, and the blast engulfed Gilgamesh, sending him into a domed blast of light energy, before the bright whiteness of everything engulfs everyone, and they find themselves back at Olympus Coliseum as if they never even left, with Gilgamesh facedown out cold and burn marks all over his body, but nothing serious enough to be considered fatal for him, and Shiro finally collapsed himself to his knees, gasping for air as his body started blasting out steam, his magic circuits screaming from their heated use making him feel like molten slag for a good bit, but it was clear that while Shiro was not in much condition to move... he was still conscious, and thus the winner of the bout.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

Witnessing the escalating clash between Shiro and Gilgamesh gave Roxas a much better understanding of why so often when Crystal would have been visiting Twilight Town to re-supply, other than Shiro's own antisocial tendencies, he was usually holed up in a hotel room or something while Crystal was wandering by herself. Obviously, wielding so much power didn't come without consequences and Shiro must have fought to the point of total exhaustion more often than not. It was certainly an amazing sight to see, although seeing Shiro on the verge of collapse after his final clash with Gilgamesh also caused his Reality Marble to disperse from the area did remind Roxas of his own looming exhaustion and the fact that he had been reprimanded by basically everyone other than Shiro to get some rest. So, while Xion jumped down now that there wasn't any need for Hercules to be shielding them now that the battle was over and went to Shiro's side to cast Curaga on him to reverse at least some of the damage he had sustained, Roxas dropped down and kind of half stumbled to the training barracks to pass out on a vacant cot for the next few hours.

"Looks like the kid finally took the hint," Phil was relieved to see Roxas finally listening to some sense.

"Still, that was some fight," Hercules was still beaming in awe of both Shiro and Gilgamesh, although clearly his fanboy eye-glint was still firmly on the King of Heroes and how amazing it would be to get to fight him himself someday.

"Well, I guess Crystal can't get too mad at Roxas for overworking himself if this is how it usually is with you," Xion mentioned while she was casting the curative magic on Shiro. The fight had been impressive to watch, but seeing the aftermath revealed a lot about why Crystal always seemed to be so protective of Shiro even though he rarely showed any signs of vulnerability in combat.  

[Kailah S Majessta]

It was business as usual for Tifa in the Tavern; surprisingly quiet with her usual clients/friends off training. Thankfully she had Yuffie for help when the random group of travelers would come in for a bite to eat and a place to stay in between worlds.

Speaking of Yuffie, she was about to greet her when she started talking while dragging in an unconscious Riku. During the semi-rambling, she worked quickly to get a few towels and a Mega-Elixir from behind the bar (in case they absolutely needed to use it).

“Don’t be so rough with him, it’s not like a sack of presents from Santa on Christmas Eve,” she helped Yuffie carry him in and lifted him onto one of the tables, setting his head to rest on one of the towels. “Wait, so he was just lying there near the Bailey? No one else around him?”

There was a frown and look of concern on her face before she felt around for breathing and a pulse- which she was sure Yuffie must have done before dragging him all over creation, but that doesn’t mean she couldn’t check to be -double- sure. By her standards, she didn’t think she’d need to use the Mega-Elixir unless Riku didn’t wake up on his own after a few minutes to a few hours.

“I’m wondering the same thing… it must’ve been powerful to knock someone like him down.”  

[Kailah S Majessta]

With a sigh of relief, Tifa was ready to catch Riku in case he became dizzy- thankfully that wasn’t the case as far as she knew, but that relief was short lived at the explanation he gave. She glanced at Yuffie before looking back to Riku.

“What do you mean, ‘where’s Crystal?’ Yuffie found you knocked out, alone. If she came with you, she hasn’t made it to the tavern.” Tifa placed her hands on his shoulders in an attempt to try and ground him. “Wherever she is, she’s okay. I’m sure of it.” She spoke slowly, so she wouldn’t panic him any more than he already was, and asked her questions, “I know you said you were hit in the back of the head, but do you remember anything? Did you see anyone?” A pause, “Hear anyone that sounded familiar to you?”

She hugged her elbows and put a hand to her chin in thought. “Yuffie, what about you? When you found him- did you notice anything strange? …even if Crystal IS safe, we still need to find her. And considering you were knocked out from behind, it’s more than a little concerning.”  

[Kuukyo_Fushichou]

Shiro would chuckle a bit, smiling all the same while taking the healing thankfully ,given his chest and gut were hurting from taking the brunt of that Enuma Elish that he tanked "ugh... yeah, given how often i used to either get smacked down hard to where i was too hurt to go full power, go full power ad often overpower my opponents, or go full power and still need Crystal to bail me out given i had nothing left that i could -actively- use." he said with a sigh, the pain ebbing away the more the curaga spell worked "still, i had other options if he managed to still stand up from that Excalibur... but yeah.. removing the seal on Excalibur was a.. silly idea."

of course, once shiro was able to get back on his feet, he'd at least be a sporting man and move to pick Gilgamesh up around his shoulder and carry him back to the barracks, where he could set the King of Heroes down, and also lay down himself, allowing him to KO for a good few hours needing to rest after that, especially while the morpher was recharging and rebuilding his ranger uniform after the hit it took from Ea and all. either way, while Gil and Roxas were passed out and Axel and Xion were probably keeping an eye on Roxas at the moment, Auron came into the area where Shiro was at, raising an eyebrow "King of Swords, eh? looks like you got acknowledged in a small way by that guy." shiro shrugged a bit with a groan and wince, sitting up "true, but i looked at it like this, it was either i give him the fight, or he pesters or threatens me into one." he said, while Auron chuckled a bit, reaching down and helping Shiro up "well, i can see where you're rough around the edges, more particularly your untapped summon potential, outside of that little fairy thing you summoned." Shiro raised an eyebrow "her name is Pixie, and the only reason i didn't use summons is he'd probably keep me held down with the gate long enough to force dismiss them, even Pixie was pushing it but she had the advantage of being unnoticeable while hidden under Rho Aias." he said, Auron just chuckled a bit while shrugging a bit lightly "we have much to discuss... namely, i wish to take you someplace.. special, to train both your summoning abilities, and the ones you've yet to touch, the remnants within you." Shiro raised an eyebrow at that while looking at Auron "Remnants?" Auron nodded, pointing to various places on Shiro's body, where the magicite resided "Remnants. in either case..." he then proceeded to pull out a small bit of paper, handing it to Shiro as he raised an eyebrow "to write your friends a note. also, where we're going has a bit of a time displacement from other worlds, so where one day might pass here... a lot of time passes in my original world." Shiro raised an eyebrow, before shrugging, and writing a quick note with an offered pen as he hummed, after doing that and everything was settled, Shiro and auron would walk off, even passing by Hades who was yelling for help uselessly as he was -Still- held by the Chains of Heaven from Gilgamesh.

Roveth meanwhile had been a busy little bee, between going through monster files, finishing up his studying on Chronopolis, creating some new weapons for Shiro, and pretty much enjoying his time off and away from everyone, he'd finally be stretching a bit as he started walking down the corridors in the basement, heading for the stairs so he could reach the door, and once he got out, he'd rub his head a bit with a light yawn and small smile of amusement, before flicking his fingers to in front of him, creating a Shadow realm portal, given that Shiro had been to Radiant Garden, he could easily get there himself as well, and would walk into the portal to land relatively close to the residential district, the boroughs in fact, humming a bit lightly as he looked about lightly "hmm... no sign of Shiro or the others, guess i got here first?" he said with a thoughtful hum in his voice, and decided to go see if he could find out if Riku or crystal were here. while roveth's shadowy aura was suppressed due to him holding it back ,it -could- be sensed rather easily by those attuned or trained to sensing darkness (Riku.), so his passively being there would definitely alert people to him being around, though he held no malicious intent for the town and all.  

[[XIII] Roxas]

By the time Roxas woke up Shiro was already gone and Hercules was out training again, more fired up than ever because he wanted to impress himself upon Gilgamesh so that maybe he would agree to fight in the upcoming tournament. Phil was overseeing Hercules's training while also making the necessary preparations for the Games, especially now that a Gummi Ship borrowed from Cid had arrived carrying Cloud, Leon, and Zidane; all of whom were looking forward to the tournament while also getting in some last minute training for themselves. Xion was, of course, waiting by Roxas's bedside for him to wake up while also glancing uncertainly to the nearby cot that Shiro had set Gilgamesh on wondering how exactly they were going to deal with him when he eventually woke up to find Shiro nowhere to be found. Xion really hoped Axel would be able to come up with something.

Cloud and Leon were clashing outside in the courtyard honing their skills in preparation for the tournament. Zidane decided to skip out on training for a little while so he could do some exploring since it was his first time to the Coliseum and eventually he found his way into the barracks.

"That guy... has a tail?" Xion blinked in surprise when she noticed Zidane wandering into the room.

"Huh, you're right," Roxas also glanced over in surprise.

"Oh yeah, I get that a lot," Zidane smiled pleasantly. "So, I take it you're one of the hopefuls for the tournament, right? You can call me Zidane. I'm sure you've probably met Cloud and Leon before, but I'm kinda new here."

"Um yeah, I know Cloud and Leon, sure," Roxas nodded. "Anyway, I'm Roxas."

"And I'm Xion," Xion also introduced herself.

"It's always a pleasure to meet such a lovely young lady," Zidane bowed dramatically, giving Xion a cute wink. Xion started blushing out of reflex as she wasn't used to that kind of attention, especially not from some guy she'd only just met. What she didn't know was that Zidane was like this around girls in general. And, in the next instant, Leon sensing that something was amiss when he didn't see Zidane anywhere outside had arrived on the scene to snatch him up by the tail so that Zidane was now hanging upside down from Leon's fist.

"I thought you said you were going to be on your best behavior!" Leon scolded him in obvious annoyance at Zidane's rather predictable behavior.

"I was just saying 'hello' to the competition," Zidane folded his arms over his chest while feigning innocence until Leon finally set him back down.

"Oh, it's Roxas and Xion, and I'm guessing Axel is probably here with you somewhere as well," Leon finally noticed who exactly Zidane had been busy flirting with. "You know, I honestly wasn't expecting to see you three around here."

"Yeah, last I checked, Roxas didn't seem too interested in training," Cloud had also followed Leon into the barracks.

"Look, about that, I kind of changed my mind," Roxas rubbed the back of his head looking a little embarrassed.

"Meaning you've found some reason you suddenly want to become stronger," Leon sighed. "And I'm guessing it isn't because of Sora."

"Sora doesn't motivate my actions any more than I motivate his," Roxas shot a glare in Leon's direction. "But yeah, I did find a reason to want to become stronger. Why is that such a shock to you guys?"